Skaven Painting Challenge
Wood is not good
I am glad to be given the opportunity to paint a big expensive model like this, but sadly as my friend bought it assembled already from eBay some shortcuts and easier painting options weren’t open to me.
I don’t usually enjoy a lot of building, but being given the opportunity to prime it brown and the opportunity to paint it as subassemblies would have made the task a lot easier.
I was able to mask off the stone work and use some rattle can Army Painter Leather Brown from the bottom, but was fairly cautious not to flood any detail or to test my masking skills.
I used aggaros dunes over all the wood areas, just to lose all the white base coat and hopefully have the contrast shading effect to pool where I might miss with additional paints and washes later.
I have decided that the shamen will be an albino and think the cloak will be Red and I will freehand the symbol of the brand on the big rat’s chest on the cloak somewhere.
I tried a fade on the runes above the bell. Going from Army Painter Weapons Bronze at the bottom to a Retributor Gold at the top. It came out fairly subtle but like the effect.
I highlighted some of the stone with a mix of Deathguard Green and Celestra Grey. It came out a bit too bright, so I went back with a little Athonian Camoshade in selective areas.
Lab rat's revenge
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